Class of 2018 Honored at Awards Ceremony
The Law School welcomed graduates and their families for the 2018 Student Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held at 2 p.m. on May 11 in Lockhart Hall. The event acknowledged outstanding student achievement among those in the Class of 2018, prior to the May 12 commencement.
The Law School Public Service Program
Among this year’s graduating class, 67 students completed the 50-hour challenge in the Public Service Program, and two dozen of those performed 100 or more hours of law-related volunteer service. Founded in 1999, the program, in collaboration with the Minnesota Justice Foundation, Minnesota law schools, the Minnesota State Bar Association, and more than 40 legal service providers, challenges law students to contribute at least 50 hours of law-related public service during their study years.
Additional Presented Student Awards and Honors
American Bankruptcy Institute 2018 Medal of Excellence: Theodore S. Heckel
American Bar Association-Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs Awards for Excellence in:
- Health Law: Caroline Elizabeth Bressman, Caitlin Loughry Opperman, Mary William
- Intellectual Property: Michael Sikora, Peter Selness
- Labor and Employment Law: Jacob Harksen
American Law Institute-Continuing Legal Education 2018 Scholarship & Leadership Award: Devin Thomas Driscoll, Cayla D. Ebert
Lee and Barbara Bearmon Award in Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Joseph T. Janochoski
University of Minnesota Human Rights Law Award: Mary Noel Beall, Mary Georgevich, Olivia Judd, Ashlynn Maureen Kendzior
Sidney J. Kaplan Legal Scholarship Fund: Claire Williams
Ralph M. McCareins Antitrust Prize: Chris Arnold
Mondale Hall Engagement Award: Brandon LaNier Blakely, Maria Brekke, Fangzhou “Amber” Chen, Alexis Dutt, Rachel Leitschuck, Gabrielle Olivieri Sliwka, Mary Somers Riverso, Franklin Isaac Rosenberg
National Association of Women Lawyers Award: Miranda Kay Slaght
Charles Nauen and Pati Jo Pofahl Environmental and Energy Law Student Award: Taylor Anne Mayhall
Other Awards and Honors (Presented on Another Date)
American Bar Association Journal of Labor and Employment Law:
- Best 2L Article Award: Jacob Harksen
- Best 2L Editor Award: Paul D. Hallgren Jr.
- Best 3L Managing Editor Award: Luke Wolf
Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award: Franklin R. Guenthner
Class of 2018 Awards:
- Excellence in Public Service: Mary Georgevich
- Most Outstanding Contribution: Vanessa Rose Colletti
Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Outstanding Service Award: Kathryn Burkart
Harold Will Cox Award: Amy Hang
Federal Bar Association Foundation’s Judge Edward J. Devitt Award: Devin Thomas Driscoll
Dorothy O. Lareau Writing Awards:
- Best 1L Legal Writing Brief: Taylor Gess, Jacob Harksen, Austin Joseph Spillane
- Best Brief, Maynard Pirsig Honors Tournament: Nathan Rice
Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory & Practice Outstanding Editor Award: Mary Noel Beall
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) Award: Michael Sikora
Minnesota Journal of International Law Outstanding Editor Award: Myounghee (Denise) Choung
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology: Outstanding Editor Award: Tyler Walter Hartney
Minnesota Justice Foundation (MJF) Outstanding Service Award—Law Volunteer: Nicole Faas
Minnesota Law Review Awards:
- Stinson Leonard Street Law Review Award: Emily Atmore, Claire Williams
- Volumes 35 & 36 Memorial Award for Excellence in Writing: Ellie Bastian, Anabel Cassady, Franklin R. Guenthner
Minnesota State Bar Association Excellence in Labor Law: Jacob Harksen
University of Minnesota President’s Student Leadership and Service Award: Alexis Dutt, James Blake Soper
Robina Public Interest Scholars: Mary Noel Beall, Alex Bollman, Anabel Cassady, Mary Georgevich, Franklin R. Guenthner, Amy Hang, Olivia Judd, Caitlin Loughry Operman, John Phillip Sandridge, Jessica Sharp, Mary William
Kent Wennerstrom Award: Alexander F. Berk
Fellowships
Cooper Fellowship: Chase Hamilton, Mary William
Human Rights Fellowships:
- Mary Noel Beall
- Myounghee (Denise) Colletti
- Lauren Jewell Gallenstein
- Mary Georgevich
- Taylor Gess
- MacKenzie Ailda Heinreichs
- Olivia Judd
- Ashlynn Maureen Kendzior
- Anthony McGrath
- Emma E. Mayer
- Russell Payne
- Lawrence Philibin
- Nico Ratkowski
- Timothy Davis Sanders
- Miranda Kay Slaght
Jacob E. Pritzker Summer Fellowship: Trevor William Matthews
Robina Summer Public Interest Fellowships:
- Vanessa Rose Collletti
- Jesse Goldfarb
- Sarah M. Inskeep
- Amy Alexandra Johns
- Shirin Johnson
- Karrah Johnston
- Rebecca J. Krystosek
- Tasylor Anne Mayhall
- Andrew Miles
- Eric Ryu
- Ryan P. Torpey
Saeks Fellowship—Minnesota Law Public Interest Residency Program:
- Nicole Faas
- Theodore S. Heckel
- Kathryn Marquis Hirsch
- Sarah M. Inskeep
- Mohammed Aman Khalid
- Trevor William Matthews
- Kelsey Mize
- Mary William
Justice John Paul Stevens Fellowship: Kathryn Burkart, Luke Wolf